Waste receptacle



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WASTE RECEPTACLE Filed Oct. 2, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

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WASTE RECEPTACLE July 8, 1952 Filed Oct. 2, 1950 5 SheeQS-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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WASTE RECEPTACLE Filed Oct. 2, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 1N VEN TOR.

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I TTOR/VEVJ myr'ition relates more-particularly to suspended waste-recepta Patented July 8, 1 952 to waste receptacles and adapted for receiving-refuse and waste through openings in' their upper portion and being emp- '--tied from openings in their lower portion.

" f The common" types of waste receptacles: in 're"sent useeither in private homes or in public places are heavy, round or rectangular shaped "metal containers which rest" on the ground and :which are filled and emptied throughtops having 'removable'covers. As is .well. known, the emptying of. these 'containers and their maintenance in a 's'ani'tary'condition involve difiiculties of which ci'vic minded citizens are acutelyaware. thermore, prior efforts to alleviate these difficulties: by suspending. waste containers adapted for being emptiedfrom the bottom have been unsuccessful since the emptying: arrangements interfered-with the garbage or waste collector "and'the containers were not suitable for the heavy dutyrequirementsof. constant use. :.-;-'The. suspended waste receptacle of the .present invention. overcomes these disadvantages by pro- ;viding a container which is easily. emptied by the municipal collectors of garbage andrefuse, WhiOhIiS capable of'being cleaned easily by the householder, the apartment dweller or the city maintenance department, and which, as a matter of; economy in both manufacture and use, requires a lighter weight material and is longer lasting inouse.

According to the present-invention these advantages are afforded by-the unique arrangement of a waste receptacle having openings in its upper -andlower' portions, hinged doors covering these "openingsia fixed bottom sloping downwardly to :I'a'nd communicating with a lower opening, means forf locking the lower door "to the bottom, and means for suspending the waste receptacle in .rfixed relation to a surface; uiThe lwaste receptacle of thepresent invention is described in further detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which;

v Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waste receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention suspended on a white way pole;

Figure 2 is a perspective View corresponding generally with Figure 1, showing the door to the lower opening in open position to expose the fixed, sloping bottom;

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3-3 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section taken substantially on the line 4-4 in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the locking Fllr- UNITED; PATENT OFFICE smiley F. Croft, Jr; Charlotte, N. 0., assignor to Sydell Manufacturing, Incorporated, a corporationpf North Carolina fApplicationOctober 2,1950, Serial No. 187,999

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means adapted to'be attached tothe lower 'door and to the bottom;

Figure dis a front elevation of a modification of the present invention in which the upper opening and door therefor are positioned in the slanting top of the waste receptacle;

Figure 7 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of the modified waste receptacle shown in Figure 6; and, I

Figure 8 is a side elevation corresponding generally with Figure 6; showing the suspensionxof the receptacle on a flat surface.

Referring-now to the drawings-in detail, and more particularly at first to'Figures 1 and 2; the

.waste receptacle of the present invention, as shown, comprises an' enclosed box-like structure having side wallslfl, a front wall l2, a back walll4, a top. [6, and a fixed bottom member l8. The front wall I2 is provided with. an opening 20 in its upperportion, and. a door 22 hingedat 24 for;covering the opening. 20.- The front wall l2 and side walls It are cut away at 26 to form an opening 28 in the frontlower part of. the waste receptacle. A door 30 is hinged to. the front wall I2 at 32 to cover the lower opening 28, and the fixed bottom member [8 slopesdownwardly to and communicates with lower opening 28. 1

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the back wall I4 is formed with a vertically extending concave channel 34, which'is disposed intermediate of the side walls [0. This concave channel 34' adapts'the waste receptacle of the present invention for suspension to a white way pole 36 by use of suitable attaching means such as metal clamps 38 which are affixed around the white way pole 36 and attached to the back wall l4 by bolts and nuts 40 weight arranged on its downwardly extending edge 46 to maintain the door 22 in a closed position when not in use.

As shown in Figures 2 and 5, the door 30 for the lower opening 28 and the fixed bottom l8 are provided with suitable locking means, indicated generally by the reference numeral 46. The door 30 is formed at its extending end with a curved portion 48 for gripping snugly in closed position a corresponding curved portion 50 provided in the downwardly extending edge 52 of the bottom l8.

As shown clearly in Figure 5, the locking means 46 comprises a U-shaped hook 54 fixedly arranged on the curved end portion 48 of the door 30, and

a tongue 56 pivotally arranged to a bracket 58 which is fixedly attached to the'underside of the bottom I 3 at 60, and a latch 62 pivotally arranged on flanges 64 formed integrally with the tongue 56. In locked position, as illustrated in Figure 4, the door 30 is held in a closed position and in interlocking relation with the fixed bottom member 18. 4

In Figures 6, 7 and 8, a modification of the waste receptacle of the present invention is shown and comprises essentially the same features de-il= scribed above. As shown, a door 66 is hinged at 68 adjacent the back wall Ifi to cover an opening ll in the slanting top It, and this door .66 is provided with a conventional handle 72 in its rounded extended end 74.

The rear wall 14, as shown in Figures 7 and 8,

is fiat and the waste receptacle is attached to a" fiat surface by suitable bolts 16 which are disposed in the upper portion of th back wall [4 and at 38 below the point where the bottom I8 joins the back wall 14.

By these arrangements, the waste receptacle of the present inventionprovides a useful, economically constructed, easily cleaned device ferreceiving refuse and waste either on the city streets when suspended on white way poles, asshown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, or on the Walls of homes or garages for the individual householder or the apartment dweller, as shown in Figures 6 to 8 in-' elusive. The device of the present invention may be used to particular advantage for these purposes because it allows the receptacle to be suspended out of the way either on poles or onwalls, H

permits the receptacle to be made of lighter weight-metal or like material, as contrasted with the common type of heavy. metal receptacle which restsonthe ground, and lessens .the work of the garbage and trash collector in View of the elimination of the manual handling of the receptacle. The sloping bottom iii of the present invention has a fourfold advantage, namely, it facilitates the removal of the trash in that the waste and refuse will tend to drop from this sloping surface,

its fixed arrangement does not interfere with the can or container of th collector which is positioned below the opening 28 when the waste receptacle of the present invention is being emptied, it presents an easily accessible surface for cleaning by the sanitation department of the city'or by the householder or. apartment dweller, and finally it enables positioning of the attaching means below the .interior of the waste receptacle, and

this disposition of the attaching meansprevents the rusting out or corrosion of bolts or the like used to attach the receptacle to a surface which would be true if waste and refuse were constantly in contact therewith.

,It will be understood that the applicant is not limi ed to any particular shape of enclosed structure, to any specific type of door for the openings 20 and 28, to any particular material from which th waste receptacle might be made, whether of metal, pressed fiber or the like, to any specific means by which the waste receptacle is attached to a surface, or any particular means by which the lower door 30 is locked to the bottom 18, as shown and described herein above.

I claim:

1 In an enclosed, suspended receptacle having an opening in its upper portion for receiving waste, an opening in its lower portion for emptying said waste, and a fixed bottom member sloping downwardly to and communicating with said lower opening, the improvement which comprises .Jside' members of said receptacle being cut away adjacent's'aid lower opening so that the fixed bottom member extends beyond the cut away edges of said sid members, and a door hingedly connectedto the front of said receptacle at the upper edge of said lower opening and formed with a curved lower flange and side flanges for covering relation with the downwardly extending-edge osaid-fixed bottom member-and with theflcut away edges of said "side members respectively.

2; In an enclosed,,su spended receptacle having an opening in its upper portion for receiving waste, an opening in its, lower portion-for emptying said waste; and a fixed bottom member sloping downwardly to and communicating with said lower opening, the improvement which comprises side members of said receptacle being cutaway adjacent said lower opening so that the fixed bottom member extends beyond the cut away 'edges of said'side members, a doorhingedly connected to the front of said receptacle at the'upperiedge REFERENCES CITED The following references are or record in the file of this patent:

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